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Book 6: Chapter 11 - Apex (RAW)

“Whether spontaneous Homo Metavariatus or the covert result of Project Iasis’ Type-VII incubators remains unverified; access to the birthing logs is still classified above Omega-Clearance. What is measurable is Apex’s capability p...

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Gilgamesh and his party fighting the Sandgorgers in Bk. 2

Gilgamesh and his party fighting the Sandgorgers in Bk. 2

Larynda looks cute.

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TO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 46 (RAW)

Chapter 46 - The Easier Path You cannot cup the water hidden in the loam, nor warm your palms upon the secret ember in the oak; You cannot s

Chapter 46 - The Easier Path

You cannot cup the water hidden in the loam,...

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The Earth Dragon

The Earth Dragon

The Earth Dragon from Book 2 before Gilgamesh gets dragged down into the temple of Iasis.

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Book 6: Chapter 10 - The Variant (RAW)

[This is the big chapter. Hope it isn't too on the nose!]

“Beware the man who learns the taste of power; the second draught is never as sweet, and he will drink until the cup runs dry and then runs red.”

- Fragment of ...

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TO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 45 (RAW)

Chapter 45 - Late Fees A home without books is a body with no soul. - Marcus Tullius Cicero. Ferdiad Frest, former bandit and the least like

Chapter 45 - Late Fees

A home without books is a body with no soul.<...

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Book 6: Chapter 9 - Pushing Through (RAW)

“To seek praise while neglecting your purpose is to polish a great bell that lacks a clapper—resplendent yet silent.”

- A Quassian aphorism.

Matir Molins, head of the underground research facility, stared...

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TO&FQ Book 1: Chapters 1-21 [Edited]

The Once & Future Queen by Tobascoa

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TO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 44 (RAW)

Chapter 44 - Convalescence

"The Nex (Neural-Interface Exosuits) derive their name from the neural core that translates human thought into mechanical motion, seamlessly binding intention to cybernetic strength. Hum...

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Gilgamesh & Co. Fighting a Karilla [bk.2]

Gilgamesh & Co. Fighting a Karilla [bk.2]

The lads fighting (roflstomping) the Karilla in book 2.

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Book 6: Chapter 8 - To the Dogs (RAW)

“When alloy first embraced living sinew, the makers discovered a mercy as cruel as any blade: a soldier that need not believe to obey. Spliced from the long-friends of man, canines, and the tireless calculus of the machine, the bio-drone kno...

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TO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 43 (RAW)

Chapter 43 - Bitter Truths “Fate is a game for fools, a pretty story the weak tell themselves when they surrender. I refuse. I have shattere

Chapter 43 - Bitter Truths

“Fate is a game for fools, a pretty story ...

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TO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 42 (RAW)

Chapter 42 - Writing If I haven’t any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself. - Anne Frank

Chapter 42 - Writing

If I haven’t any talent for writing books or new...

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Cordelia in Book 2

Cordelia in Book 2

Before they fight the Church and the Children of the Tides.

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Book 6: Chapter 7 - Geared Up (RAW)

Those who drink from the same poisoned well suffer the same sickness.

- The Warnings of Al’Jabbadi the Duwat of Ardent Sands. 

A slab of obsidian-black alloy had been delivered, no, deposited, upon the...

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Book 6: Chapter 6 - The Flight of Dragons (RAW)

Love’s touch turns the simplest heart into a song.

- Attributed to the playwright Vlan di Panoli.

“So, Mister Gilgamesh…” Helena Voss’s words lanced across the room like black ice, every syllable clip...

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TO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 41 (RAW)

Chapter 41 - Purity After the rains, do the skies become lapis and the clouds are broken by the touch of the sun. - Verses from the Flower Q

Chapter 41 - Purity

After the rains, do the skies become lapis and the cl...

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Book 6: Chapter 5 - Twists of Fate (RAW)

The emergence of Esp-actives approximately 76 years ago coincides closely with the catastrophic Second and Third Impacts and the emergence of the dragons. Unlike Meta-human mutations, characterized by physically oriented enhancements, Esp-acti...

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Laes Harevor with Xaruar Carriage [Book 2]

Laes Harevor with Xaruar Carriage [Book 2]

Laes Harevor Caravan Master of the Ravens.

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TO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 40 (RAW)

Chapter 40 - Information Control The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. - Edmund Burke. “Cornelia, wake up, you silly creature

Chapter 40 - Information Control

The greater the power, the more danger...

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Book 6: Chapter 4 - The Grove that Walks (RAW)

Zelenko Arms Model 88 “Warden” Heavy Service Pistol—better known in the gutters as the “Slayer.” Initially issued to Military shock troops, the grav-coil sidearm weighed as much as a sub-gun but earned its keep by driving ferro-ceram...

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TO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 39 (RAW)

Chapter 39 - The Messenger of the Gods Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. - Chanakya. Hughes was still puzz

Chapter 39 - The Messenger of the Gods

Even if a snake is not poisonous, ...

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Book 6: Chapter 3 - The Rise of Man (RAW)

In ships of stone, we sailed across the salt-sea waves of the Glassfire, seeking the ancient Skylords. Through mountains and jungles, across vales and swamps, over streams and beneath the timeless shadows of ancient woods, we journeyed. Our co...

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TO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 38 (RAW)

Chapter 38 - Human Relationships I can stand him not loving me; I can’t stand him loving her.” - Lang Leav.  The world snapped back together

Chapter 38 - Human Relationships

I can stand him not loving me; ...

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Book 6: Chapter 2 - Path to the End (RAW)

Chapter 2 - The Path to the End

We can rivet the hardest alloys into a femur and coax myomers to coil like predatory vines, multiplying a patient’s strength ten-fold; we can lace the prefrontal cortex with quantum fila...

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TO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 37 (RAW)

Chapter 37 - The Lecher “Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.” - Mason Cooley. Head held high, back straight as a lance, Seraphi

Chapter 37 - The Lecher

“Lust and greed are more gullible than inno...

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Book 6: Chapter 1 - New Objectives (RAW)

Formally known as the Communications Nexus, the Com-Net was originally devised as a fail-safe infrastructure to preserve information exchange during the late Collapse Era. In theory, it was to be decentralized, resilient, and self-correcting...

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Concept Art/Sketches Bk.2

Concept Art/Sketches Bk.2

Concept and composition sketches for book 2.

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TO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 36 (RAW)

Chapter 36 - The Dragon Turtle

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

- Sun Tzu.

Seraphina’s party ran at a light jog, it would do them no good to arrive ...

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Book 5: Epilogue (RAW)

Epilogue

The lab was a cluttered shrine to forbidden science. Doctor Juno Rath ruled the mayhem from a cracked swivel chair, cradling a mug of scalding Calda. She sipped the syrupy brew, the sweetness punching through her fa...

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